Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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St Fillan's Chapel, Comrie
Grid reference
NN 703 235 (accurate position)
Six-figure easting & northing
270300 723500
Latitude
56.386047085168755
Longitude
-4.100971127496776
Altitude (metres)
95
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
St Fillan's Hill, Comrie (0.31 miles)
St Fillan's Well, Comrie (0.36 miles)
St Fillan's Chair, Comrie (0.36 miles)
St Fillans, settlement Comrie (0.58 miles)
Dalchonzie, settlement Comrie (2.51 miles)
Object Classification
Antiquity
Ecclesiastical
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
A chapel abandoned at the Reformation, on the site of an earlier chapel. A holy water font which was here is now in Dundurn Parish Church (NMRS).
Relationships with other parishes
Within Comrie, parish
Relationships with other places
Adjacent St Fillan's Chair, Comrie
Adjacent St Fillan's Hill, Comrie
Adjacent St Fillan's Well, Comrie
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?St Fillan's Chapel
Head name
St Fillan's Chapel
Place
St Fillan's Chapel, Comrie
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Current
Is this a current OS form? ?
Yes
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
St Fillan's Church 1843, OS 6 inch first edn.
Historic formSt Fillan's Church Head nameSt Fillan's Chapel PlaceSt Fillan's Chapel, Comrie Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceOS 6 inch first edn. Date of citation1843 x 1882 Notes on the context of this place-nameMid to late 19th c. |
Source code
OS 6 inch first edn.
Source title
Ordnance Survey 6 Inch to the Mile, First Edition
Notes
Mid to late 19th c.
Saints in this place-name
Fáelán, Fillan (ns) (certain)
Fillan of Strathfillan (probable)
Fáelán m. Oengusa (probable)
Relationships with other place names
Is source of St Fillan's House, St Fillan's House, Largs
Place-name data
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Modern OS map:
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OS 1840-1880 map:
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OS 1920-1933 map:
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